[Which is part of all of this: what makes a thing what it is, is it what the world calls it, what it is, or something else.]
Is faith or belief alone not enough? Must a person be able to reach out to touch it with the hands? Andraste lived, she was a woman of flesh and blood once, and whether or not the Maker spoke to her, she did live. There is a faith that raise her up with statues of her, sword in hand near everywhere one looks in their Chantries. The Dalish wear their Vallaslin to whichever of the Creators they have chosen, a symbol to Mythal, or Elgar'nan, Falon'din, whomever is a great enough part of their life, and through the great things the ancient elves did, the sinking of Arlathan-- they walked once. They walked this world, and left wonders we can merely guess at. How small a thing to reduce it to. To but stories. [Mankind crushes that which it does not understand indeed, she thinks, wonders if she might still pester Coupe even if this doesn't fall under her remit these days. It's good to keep the minds of old Templars ticking along.] Prophecies and war, is this not all that we are living in now? An age of change and upheaval, that is the Dragon Age.
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[Which is part of all of this: what makes a thing what it is, is it what the world calls it, what it is, or something else.]
Is faith or belief alone not enough? Must a person be able to reach out to touch it with the hands? Andraste lived, she was a woman of flesh and blood once, and whether or not the Maker spoke to her, she did live. There is a faith that raise her up with statues of her, sword in hand near everywhere one looks in their Chantries. The Dalish wear their Vallaslin to whichever of the Creators they have chosen, a symbol to Mythal, or Elgar'nan, Falon'din, whomever is a great enough part of their life, and through the great things the ancient elves did, the sinking of Arlathan-- they walked once. They walked this world, and left wonders we can merely guess at. How small a thing to reduce it to. To but stories. [Mankind crushes that which it does not understand indeed, she thinks, wonders if she might still pester Coupe even if this doesn't fall under her remit these days. It's good to keep the minds of old Templars ticking along.] Prophecies and war, is this not all that we are living in now? An age of change and upheaval, that is the Dragon Age.